Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Field boundary
Derreenacahill, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreenacahill
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.91907, -9.53170
- SMR number
- KE084-052001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level bog, part of which is cutaway. An exposed section of N-S relict field wall (T 0.8m; H 0.3m) is visible in the cutaway bog. This collapsed drystone wall, which consists of white-coloured stones, extends c. 16m S of the E-W cut bog face. A continuation of the wall can be traced in the uncut bog to the N.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.